Day 61(13) Hiddy Ho, Good Neighbor

March 2nd: Shawn has today off for one of the 50(not really) State of Texas holidays he gets off. Honestly, this is one of his favorite days to have off, Texas Independence Day. He loves America, but I don't think it would bother him if Texas was its own country. So to celebrate he is getting to do fence repair! Just one of the many things he does to keep our house in good shape. Thanks Shawn for all you do for our family!

Somehow I don't think Wilson ever looked like this looking over Tim's fence on Home Improvement. Scary!

Day 60(12) They Finally Did It

March 1st: What is this you ask? Well around 3AM this morning I heard a lot of screeching, a thud and then the squealing of tires. I looked out my front window to see if I saw anything and waited to hear sirens of emergency vehicles but they never came. Don't think I am weird for not walking outside to see what was going on, you see unfortunately this is a common occurrence by our house. Our poor neighbor, Felix lives on the corner house where the road has a big curve to it. I can not tell you the number of times he has had cars run through his yard. He had his mailbox ran over so many times that he finally moved it to the other side of his house by us. The front orange cones sit where we had a fire hydrant. As many times as people have run through his yard they have managed to miss the fire hydrant. That was until the wee hours of this morning. The far orange cones is where the hydrant finally rested. I'm not sure how they managed to miss the white mustang in the driveway next door.

The final resting place for the poor fire hydrant. I guess the combination of not paying attention, a curve in the road and I'm sure some added cocktails contributed to the demise of our red and green friend. I bet the car or truck that hit it looks a lot worse. I'm sure my red friend here faired much better in the end.

Project 365 Catch Up (its been a long week)

Feb. 25th:This is our crazy little dog Raisin. Don't ask me what she is because we really don't know but we do know that she is a great dog that loves all of us. She loves us so much this is her usual position because she always wants her tummy rubbed!

Feb 26th: This is a new Frenship Tiger sticker Zach got for us to take place of our old Shallowater sticker. Hayden made sure we got it on the car. I am so glad that their transition to Frenship has gone so well.

Feb 27th: This little one is Pyxie. Trust me, I used to think that people that owned pets like rats were weird so I guess we fall in that category of weird now. She is one of the coolest pets ever. We got her for Hayden about 8 months ago. We love her.

Feb 28th: Hayden is such a good keeper of his rat. He did one of his chores today, cleaning out Pyxie's cage. Hayden is such an animal lover. His future plans he tells us, is to be a veterinarian.

My picture taking suffered a little this week with a busy work schedule and the sickness of my friends daughter. I am happy to report that she is out of PICU and doing a lot better. Thanks for all your prayers. One thing this week has reminded me of is just how important all the boys in my house are to me. In turn I have thought of how much the Lord must love each one of us and the faithfulness I have in him.

"Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord." Psalm 117:1-2

Thanks for the Prayers

Just a quick update on my little friend, Annalyssia. Many of my co-workers and I spent the day @ the hospital with her and her family. As it turns out she did have a pleural effusion(puss behind her lung) that had to be cleaned out by a surgical procedure (VATS procedure), rinsed out well and chest tube put in place. She was placed in the PICU for precautionary reasons but is doing much better. Her respiratory status is much better. She will be staying in the hospital for 5 days up to 2 weeks. Continue your prayers as she is still struggling with high fever and that the antibiotics work quickly to clear up her infection. Thanks!

Need The Prayers Going!

A very dear friend and co-worker of mine, Lisa, is a single mom that is doing an awesome job raising her 2 kiddos. Her little one, Annalyssia, came down with the case of the flu last Thursday. She had a really long weekend with her because she felt so bad. I get a call from Lisa last night that her little one was running a 104.6 temp. She was able to get it down around 102 and got her back in to see the doctor this morning. She got the news that she didn't want to hear, pneumonia that would require a hospital stay for a few days. However, tonight she gets the news that it is possible that she has a pleural effusion (puss around her lungs) that would require a "vats procedure" which would include an ICU stay and a chest tube! She will have a chest X-Ray in the morning so please pray that it is not the pleural effusion, just regular pneumonia. This is a scary time for this 6 yr-old and her family!

Day 55 ( My day 8)

Feb 24th:Zach 1st day of baseball practice. He was a little tired because the coaches at school ran them hard, then he had tutoring until 430 and then we had to be at practice by 530. He was a little tired and exhibiting his pre-teen attitude. Hopefully today will be better.

Caught Hayden doing his favorite thing after school to do, play games on the computer. He really likes www.eskimogames.com to find fun games to play. Did you notice the nice haircut?

Day 54 (my day 7) She Is Going To Kill Me For This

Feb 23rd: On my way to work, I realized I hadn't taken a picture today so I took my camera with me. This is one of my co-workers that I caught off guard and she is going to kill me for this!